Maybe "neutral" isn't the right word. Mahonri is right that there
seem to have been two sides, the Lord's and Satan's. But it makes
sense that even among those on the Lord's side, there would have been
some who were less enthusiastic and committed to it than others.
There are plenty of people in the church who have had all the
required ordinances and are more Mormon than not, but who are still
fairly inert when it comes to the gospel. Why wouldn't there have
been people like that in the pre-mortal life? "Well, I know Lucifer's
plan is wrong, so I'm going with Jehovah's. Don't really feel much
like fightin', though. I'll just sort of stand here in the back, out
of the way."
Now, I don't believe that this is why anybody is born a particular
race. (If our spirits look like our physical bodies, then wouldn't
the matter of race have been decided when our spirits were born?) But
it's certainly reasonable to me to think that some were less valiant
and stalwart in the pre-existence, even among those on the right side.
Eric D. Snider
On Oct 10, 2007, at 7:30 AM, Mahonri Stewart wrote:
>
>
> Christopher Bigelow <chrisbigelow@???> wrote:
>
> As abhorrent as it is to think about, does anyone have any proof that
> NO person born black in mortality was somehow neutral, or close to it,
> in premortality, and that the two traits aren't somehow causally
> linked? Logically, I don't find it hard to imagine that this has
> possibly been the case with at least one child of God.
> Do we have any proof, scripturally, that there was any sort of
> neutrality in the pre-existence? I don't remember any revelation
> that even hints that this third path was possible. Instead we find
> the Lord saying in this life, "If you're not with me, you're
> against me." Why would have he taken any different of a position then?
> The absence of evidence either way, doesn't justify a racially
> charged doctrine. If there had been a revelation, that would be a
> different matter, but as it is there wasn't. Imagining or
> speculating has no place in a conversation like this. So it is not
> fair to anyone with a racially diverse heritage to make the
> assumption that race has anything to do with how their Heavenly
> Father views them-- it's a non-issue according to The Book of
> Mormon, "For none of these iniquities come of the Lord; for he
> doeth that which is good among the children of men; and he inviteth
> them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he
> denieth none that come unto him, black and white, bond and free,
> male and female: and he remembereth the heathen; and all are alike
> unto God, both Jew and Gentile" (2 Nephi 26:33). The Lord denieth
> none, even when his servants do.
> --Mahonri Stewart
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